Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: OTHER

Section 6(a) of the Puerto Rico Occupational Safety and Health Act: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: Seccion 6(a) de la Ley de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de Puerto Rico: El patrono no proveyo empleo y un sitio de empleo libre de riesgos reconocidos que esten causando o que puedan causar muerte o dano fisico a los empleados, por cuanto empleados estaban expuestos a: At the office - employer had employees exposed to fecal feces odors and waste water, everytime the manhole across the street from the office flooded. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct hazard is to fix or install new pipelines or look for a new location. Hazard: Employees may become sick due to bacteria and other pathogenic organisms such as Escherichia Coli, among others. En la oficina - patrono tenia empleados expuestos a olores de heces fecales y aguas negras, cada vez que el registro frente a la oficina se inundaba. Entre otros metodos, un metodo factible y aceptable de corregir este riesgo es arreglar o instalar nueva tuberia o buscar un local nuevo. Riesgo: Empleados podrian enfermarse debido a las bacterias y otros organismos patogenicos como Escherichia Coli, entre otros.